Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mech., tension applied to a substance which is at the same time subjected to a given temperature, for the purpose of determining the tensile strength at the temperature in question.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A process of increasing the
strength ofwrought iron byheating it to a determinatetemperature , and giving to it, while in that state, amechanical strain ortension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to beexerted .
Etymologies
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thermo- + tension
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